Series Page Manual 3.0
Access to this menu in Betools through: 
Video On Demand > Movies > Series
The Series page is a variation of the Movies page. Its purpose it to make it easier and more visual to Edit Series, Seasons, Episodes and its relationships.
This page brings a new element: the treeview. In this block it is possible to see the hierarchy between all the elements that belong to a Series. The block opens an aside and allows to edit one or more elements at once, by selecting them on the tree view. whenever more than element is selected the editing blocking will automatically enter in bulk edit mode.
Blocks
Main Image
Preview of the series image, displaying the first image related to the content, priority order of the image type: Cover, Original Cover, or any other.
Series Elements
Series tree view, when we select several elements, we can delete or edit in bulk mode
Clicking on 
button, a warning will be displayed.
Clicking on 
button, an aside will be open
The save function 
verifies and applies the changes for each edited block.
If we edit a block without saving and close the aside, a warning will be displayed to save and continue or dismiss the changes made.
The aside allows edition of the following information blocks:
Basic Information
| Field | Description | Restrictions |
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| Name | Internal name for the movie. This name is not displayed for users (see Metadata block). |
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Metadata Validation Results
This block allows to display the Metadata validation results for this serie.
| Field | Description | Restrictions |
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| Name | Internal name for the movie. This name is not displayed for users (see Metadata block). |
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Availability Windows
Using this block, the OB operator is able to manage the different availability windows for those instances the operator has access. The behavior is the same of the block from the Movies page.
Create a new availability window
- Use the AddExisting.png button. This will create a new empty entry row to be filled.
- Then select the instance where you want to define the new availability window. You will only able to view those instances you have access to.
- The next step is to define the Availability Window Start Date and End Date.
- You can also enable or disable Is ComingSoon flag. This flag can be used to display a Coming Soon message in applications, but the playback/rental will not be allowed.
- Press the Save button
in order to apply changes.
Restrictions
The availability windows definition have the following restrictions:
- It is not allowed to create overlapping windows for the same Instance. MIB will show an error when trying to save a movie with overlapping windows for the same instance.
- The availability window has to be created between the License Window. If the availability window being created is outside the License Window for the movie, MIB will show an error when trying to save.
Metadata
This block shows the metadata associated with series, coming from the XML metadata.
| Field | Description | Restrictions |
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| Name | Internal name for the movie. This name is not displayed for users (see Metadata block). |
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Genres
In this block, you can manage the genres associated to the serie. It shows you the list of genres that are currently associated to this serie. The behavior is the same of the block from the Movies page.
Associate new genres
- Use the
button and a multiple genre selection dialog will open, allowing you to search and select genres that can be added. - Select the genres to be added and press the button. The genres will be added to the movie.
- To save changes, press the in the movie page.
Note: It is important to note that most of this information comes from the “Majors” - movies distributors - (Universal, Warner) and are inserted in the platform during the ingestion process.
Delete genres from the movie
- Use the
button to remove all the genres desired. - Once finished, save changes by using the in the movie page.
Persons Roles
This block allows configuring the persons (actors, director and etc) and their roles that are involved in the serie.
Associate new Person role
- Use the button and a multiple Person Role selection dialog will open, allowing you to search and select persons roles to be added.
- Select the ones to be added and press the button. The Person Roles will be added to the movie.
- To save changes, press the in the movie page.
Note: From this menu, it is not possible to create new Person Roles. Please use the Persons page to create Persons and the Person Roles page to associate a role to them.
Delete Person roles from the movie
- Use the button to remove all the person roles desired.
- Once finished, save changes by using the in the movie page.
Images
This block allows you to manage the images associated to the movie and the information associated, such as the Type and Quality.The behavior is similar to the block from the Movies page, but new images cannot be uploaded from here. They should be uploaded via the Images page or the Movies page.
Add new images
- Use the
button and a new row will be added so you can upload the new image. - Then click the
button and a dialog will be open so you will be able to select the image to be uploaded. - Now select the subtitle language and a name for the subtitle.
- Once finished, save changes by using the in the movie page and the subtitle will be associated.
Add existing images
- Click the
button and a dialog will open to select and existing image. - Once finished, save changes by using the in the movie page and the image will be associated.
Remove images
- Use the button to remove the association of a image from the movie .
- Once finished, save changes by using the in the movie page. This will not delete the image file from the platform. In order to delete the image, you will have to go to the Images Page.
Preview images
By clicking in the 
button in each image, you can access to the image preview.
Age Ratings
Using this block, the OB operator is able to manage the different Age Ratings associated to this serie. The behavior is the same of the block from the Movies page.
Associate an Age Rating
- Press the button.
- Then select the instance for the Age Rating you want to define.
- The next step is to select the Age Ratings you want to add. Press button to add the selected Age Ratings
- Finally press the Save button in the Movies page in order to apply changes.
Remove associated Age Rating
- Press the button for the desired Age Ratings.
- Press the save button in order to apply changes. This will not delete the Age Rating from the platform. In order to delete the Age Rating, you will have to go to the Age Ratings page.
Device Type Availability
This blocks allows you to manage the availability of this serie in the different device types and instances. The behavior is the same of the block from the Movies page.
The block has been totally refactored in MIB React, with the objective of simplifying the operation. Three different types of groupings were created.
- By instances and groups
It has been divided in 3 different levels that can be expanded or collapsed:
- Instance level: The first level groups all the device availabilities for an instance. It can be used to enable/disable the availabilities and configure the quality for all the device types at the same time.
- Device Group level: The second level groups all the device types that belong to an specific group. Device Groups are managed globally in the Device Type Groups page. You can enable/disable the availabilities and configure the quality for all the device types of an specific group.
- Device Type level: The third level contains the specific device types, in case you want to configure the availability and/or quality of an specific device type.
- By instances
It has been divided in 2 different levels that can be expanded or collapsed:
- Instance level: The first level groups all the device availabilities for an instance. It can be used to enable/disable the availabilities and configure the quality for all the device types at the same time.
- Device Type level: The second level contains the specific device types, in case you want to configure the availability and/or quality of an specific device type.
- Decives only
It contains only one level:
- Device Type level: Contains the specific device types, in case you want to configure the availability and/or quality of an specific device type.
Configuring quality
The quality selector allows you to configure the quality that will be available for an specific level. When no quality is selected (empty) for an specific level, it means that the sub-levels have different specific quality values configured.
Metadata Enrichment
Displays information about the content enrichment.
With 
we can send the content enrichment force.
Actions
| Create | Edit | Edit in List | Bulk Edit | Copy | Copy with Relateds | Delete |
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Create
Create is not enabled for this page.
Edit
Series edition is enabled for operators. It can be used to modify some existing series information. Once finished modifying the information, save changes by using the button in the edit page.
Edit in List
Edit in list is not enabled for this page.
Bulk Edit
Bulk Edit is not enabled for this page.
Copy
Copy is not enabled for this page.
Copy with relateds
Copy with relateds is not enabled for this page.
Delete
Delete is not enabled for this page. Delete option is enabled in 'Series Elements' block.
